Oil major TotalEnergies has halted its investments in Indian conglomeration Adani, after US authorities charged several of the Indian company’s executives with hatching a $250 million bribery scheme. by Robyn White Adblock test (Why?)

Energy trading company Danske Commodities has signed a three-year deal to buy all of the power from Polenergia and Equinor’s Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 wind farms and trade it on Poland’s wholesale electricity market. It will be responsible for trading and balancing the power from the wind farms – which are due to have a combined capacity of 1,440MW – under a newly signed three-year deal. The deal could be extended, Danske Commodities told Windpower Monthly. The agreement is the biggest renewables deal in the Danish company’s history. Both Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 are due to have capacities…

A US-European consortium has announced plans for what it claims is the world’s first wind-powered direct air capture (DAC) CO2 removal project. by Ros Davidson Adblock test (Why?)

The Rudrapur Municipal Corporation (RMC) has established a state-of-the-art waste management plant covering four acres, with an investment of Rs 16.8 crore, to tackle the growing garbage disposal issues in the Fazalpur Mehraula area of Udham Singh Nagar district. The city’s waste management challenges intensified due to a population surge following the development of the Pantnagar industrial estate, reported The Times of India. Previously, waste was managed at the trenching ground on Kichha Road. Municipal Commissioner Naresh Chandra Durgapal stated, “We are committed to providing a sustainable, long-term solution for waste management. All preparations for this plant are in place,…

Uruguay is set to export 300 tons of biofuels produced from corn oil to The Netherlands, marking a significant milestone for Alcoholes del Uruguay (ALUR). This shipment represents the first batch of biodiesel produced from corn oil at ALUR’s distillery in the Capurro neighbourhood of Montevideo, reports MercoPress. The biofuel is particularly valued in Europe due to its environmental benefits. It can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by up to 85% compared to traditional fossil diesel, making it a highly sought-after product in the European market. The production process begins with the revaluation of a fatty by-product derived from the production…

In a major step toward greener air travel, HSBC Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific, and EcoCeres announced a partnership to promote the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in Hong Kong, reports Biodiesel Magazine. The initiative combines the city’s largest bank, its flagship airline, and a leading local SAF producer to reduce the carbon footprint of air travel while cultivating a sustainable fuel ecosystem for the city. Within this partnership, HSBC has agreed to a one-time purchase of 3,400 metric tons of SAF from EcoCeres. This fuel will be entirely made of waste material including used cooking oil and will be…

Manohar Lal, Union Minister of Power and Housing & Urban Affairs, today flagged-off the fleet of green hydrogen busses of NTPC at Leh in the presence of senior officials of Ministry of Power, Leh Administration and NTPC. After the flag-off, Union Minister travelled 12 km in one of the H2 buses from the H2 filling station to the Leh airport. Union Minister congratulated NTPC for its unique contribution to the energy security and decarbonisation efforts of the country through adoption of hydrogen technologies at various fronts like mobility, blending with PNG, green methanol and its overall thrust on RE. The…

Statkraft has no bidding partners for Norway’s upcoming Utsira Nord floating offshore wind tender after Ocean Winds joined Mainstream Renewable Power in pulling out of the companies’ development consortium. The Norwegian state power group, Ocean Winds and Mainstream’s parent company, Aker Offshore Wind, had formed a bidding group[1] for Utsira Nord in 2021. But now Mainstream and – more recently – Ocean Winds have pulled out, with the latter telling Windpower Monthly today (22 November) it has decided to “prioritise other opportunities in its portfolio”. Mainstream pulled out of the bidding consortium earlier this month. A Statkraft spokesperson told Windpower…

Sarah Hammond, marketing manager at MoistTech, explains how automated in-line monitoring reduces waste and energy costs and improves process efficiency.Incorporating the right combination of automation tools can help production facilities overcome challenges posed by outdated machinery and labour-intensive procedures that hinder overall productivity.One key example is automated moisture monitoring, where the ‘steel collar’ worker automates mundane, repetitive, and time-consuming tasks, allowing valuable human resources to focus on more critical jobs and eliminate inefficiencies that hinder peak production.When installed directly on the production line, automated moisture monitoring significantly reduces human error inherent in time consuming and out of date manual processes.…

Apex Clean Energy is to supply clean electricity to a consortium of universities, hospitals and other non-profit organisations in the Boston area in a deal the renewables developers claims is the first of its kind. The company has signed two virtual power purchase agreements with the Consortium for Climate Solutions (CCS) covering the purchase of an estimated 1.3TWh of renewable electricity annually by 2026. The power will come from Apex’s 200MW Big Elm solar project in Bell county, Texas, which came online earlier this year, and the 208MW Bowman wind project in Bowman county, North Dakota, which is expected to…